In dreams from my father. This is all little over an hour. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Bagram to barnes and noble. Mark obama ndesandjo, our special guest this evening, is that halfbrother of president barack obama. His new book, an obamas journey, marc offers another glimpse of their father once married to barack smother and marks jewishamerican mother, ruth, a kenyanborn american pianist, artist, writer, and businessman, accuses his talents to work with orphans and is donating a portion of the profits of this book to promote Art Education among needy children around the globe. Please join me in welcoming mark obama ndesandjo. [applause] hello, everyone. How are you doing today . I am so very honored to be here at barnes and noble. Im overwhelmed by the interest as well as the i have to stay here, i guess. Okay. Is that okay . Abcaeight. Great. My book is an obamas journey my odyssey of selfdiscovery across three cultures. End the reason i wrote this book was to tell my story